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(No Model.)

A. L. GARFORD;

VELOGIPEDE SADDLE.

No. 467,403. Patented Jan. 19, 1892.

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ARTHUR L. GARFORD, OF ELYRIA, OllIO.

VELOClPEDE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,403, dated January19, 1892.

Application filed May 28, 1891.

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it .known that I, ARTHUR. L. GARFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inVeloclpede-Saddles,ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to saddles for bicycles, tricycles, and likevehicles; and it consists in the construction and combination of partshereinafter described, and pointed out definitely in the claims.

The objects of my invention are to provide an easy-riding spring-saddlewhich may be attached to any machine and which will prevent the riderfrom feeling the vibration of the wheels to any considerable extent,which may be adjusted to suit riders of different weights and withdifferent styles of riding, and which may be adjusted toward the frontor rear of the machine without necessarily varying the elasticity.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side v ew of one form of myimproved saddle, and Fig. 2 is a side view of another form thereof.

I will now proceed to describe in detail the two saddles shown in thedrawings, in which my invention is embodied, although I do not intend tolimit my claims to details to any greater extent than is expresslystated therein.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents a spring, and E a clampthrough which the spring may slide and to which it may be rigidlysecured at any point by the set-screw e or other equivalent means. Thisclamp is provided with means, as a hole through its lower part and theset-screw e, by which it may be secured to the part of the machineintended to support it, as the ordinary L-saddle support. The part ofthe spring A which is slidable through the clamp E may be curved, asshown, whereby the tilt of the saddle may be varied as said saddle ismoved through said clamp. Another result secured by this bend is thatsomewhat more of spring action is secured from the part of the springbehind the clamp E. The shape of this spring, however, is not a materialfeature of the broad invention, so long as the other springs may be attached to it, as hereinafter described.

B represents a U-spring, the lower arm of Serial No. 394,373. (Nomodel.)

which is ad justably secured to the part of the spring A at the rear ofthe clamp E.

The means for attaching the springs B and A consists of the clamp Iwhich may be moved on either or both springs, and the set screw f, withwhich they may be clamped therein. A distance-block f is interposedbetween the springs within the clamp,whereby the full effect of eachspring is secured. The bent part of the U-spring is toward the forwardend of the saddle, and the upper arm of said spring extends rearwardbeyond the clamp F. The rear end of the upper arm is curved upwardsufficiently to afford means for attaching the rear end of the leatherthereto, and to prevent the leather from striking said spring whendepressed bya rider. The spring 0, which supports the front end of theleather, is attached to the spring A in front of the clamp E. Thisspring 0 may be an upward and forward curving integral part of thespring A, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be adj ustably attached thereto,as shown in Fig. 1. In the latter figure the lower end of the spring 0is rigidly attached to the clamp G, which is slidable on the spring A,and may be secured thereto at any point by the setscrew g.

The construction shown in Fig. 2 is the cheapest and lightestconstruction, while that shown in Fig. 1 is capable of the greatestamount of adjustment. lVhen constructed as shown in Fig. 2, I preferthat all the springs should be flat springs. In the construction shownin Fig. 1 the spring 0 is made of coiled round wire. The spring 0 isattached to the leather by means of a hook, secured to said leather,which hooks over the end of said spring. The spring B is secured to theleather by means of a cantle attached to the leather, having a socketwhich receives the end of said spring. The particular means employed formaking these connections are not mate rial parts of the invention; noris it material whether the springs described are fiat springs or wiresprings. It may be said, however,

that there is no appreciable side motion of the saddle when fiat springsare used, while there may be more or less side motion when wire springsare employed.

The above-described saddle is more elastic as the spring A is movedbackward through the clamp E. It is also more elastic as the clamp F ismoved rearward on the springs A and B. If the spring A is moved backwardthrough the clamp E, the clamp F may be moved forward on the springs Aand .13 far enough to preserve substantially the same elasticityin thesaddle, which has been moved bodily rearward. The reverse motion ofthese parts carries the saddle forward, but may preserve the elasticityunchanged.

In the saddle shown in Fig. 1 the entire seat is carried rearward andmade more elastic if the spring B is moved backward through the clamp Fand the clamp G is moved backward along the spring A, and the seat maybe carried forward and the saddle at the same time made stiffer by thecontrary movement of these parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the spring A and a clamp through which said springis slidable for connecting the same with the saddle-support, a U-spring,a clamp adapted to adj ustably connect the lower arm of said U-springwith the spring A on one side of its clamp, a spring 0, connected withthe spring A on the other side of its clamp, and a leather suitablyconnected with the spring 0 and with the upper arm of the U-spring,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a spring A and a clamp E, through which saidspring is slidable for connecting the same to the saddlesupport, with aU-spring, aclamp slidable on the lower leg of said U-spring and on thespring A on one side of the clamp E, whereby said springs are secured toeach other, a spring C, secured to a clamp G, which is adj ustablysecured to the spring A on the other side of the clamp E, a leather, andsuitable connections between the upper end of the spring 0 and one endof the leather and between the end of the upper arm of the U-spring andthe other end of the leather, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

ARTHUR L. GARFORD. Witnesses:

SAMUEL S. RocKwooD, CHARLES M. BRANEAU.

